Niche Construction
How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an expl...
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| description | How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an explanation of how populations of organisms respond to natural selection pressures in their environments to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments. Organisms, he shows, cause changes in their local external environments by interacting with them, thereby contributing in fundamental ways to their own and one another's evolution. This book applies niche construction theory to current problems such as human-induced global warming and suggests how humans might contribute positively to the future evolution of life on Earth. Odling-Smee explains how orthodox evolutionary theory falls short in two ways. First, it does not describe how organisms contribute to their own and one another's evolution through their environment-changing niche constructing activities. Second, it fails to explain how genetic evolution can give rise to supplementary knowledge-gaining processes in many species. These include certain developmental processes in individual organisms and socio-cultural processes in animals, including humans. Neo-Darwinism, the author writes, assesses the fitness of individual organisms in populations in terms of their capacity to survive and reproduce, but without attributing these capacities to the active, purposeful agency of organisms. He argues that the purposeful agency of individual organisms plays a central role in evolution. He also discusses the relationship of an organism's energy-consuming activities and the second law of thermodynamics. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1467632024-10-25T13:20:07Z Niche Construction Odling-Smee, John Evolution niche construction thermodynamics information adaptation global warming thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAJ Evolution thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGM Biogeography thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an explanation of how populations of organisms respond to natural selection pressures in their environments to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments. Organisms, he shows, cause changes in their local external environments by interacting with them, thereby contributing in fundamental ways to their own and one another's evolution. This book applies niche construction theory to current problems such as human-induced global warming and suggests how humans might contribute positively to the future evolution of life on Earth. Odling-Smee explains how orthodox evolutionary theory falls short in two ways. First, it does not describe how organisms contribute to their own and one another's evolution through their environment-changing niche constructing activities. Second, it fails to explain how genetic evolution can give rise to supplementary knowledge-gaining processes in many species. These include certain developmental processes in individual organisms and socio-cultural processes in animals, including humans. Neo-Darwinism, the author writes, assesses the fitness of individual organisms in populations in terms of their capacity to survive and reproduce, but without attributing these capacities to the active, purposeful agency of organisms. He argues that the purposeful agency of individual organisms plays a central role in evolution. He also discusses the relationship of an organism's energy-consuming activities and the second law of thermodynamics. 2024-10-25T13:20:05Z 2024-10-25T13:20:05Z 2024 book ONIX_20241025_9780262378888_141 9780262378888 9780262548168 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/146763 eng The MIT Press image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/13942.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/13942.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/13942.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262378888 9780262548168 The MIT Press 408 Cambridge open access |
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